AI for Kids Worksheet: What Is AI
AI tip (Learns or follows?): AI learns patterns from examples, makes a best guess and can handle examples it has never seen — but its guess can be wrong. A normal program follows fixed rules people wrote and does exactly as coded; it never learns from data. Ask: does this job need learning from many examples (recognising a face), or does one exact rule always work (adding marks)?
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- 1.True or false: “never learns from data” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 2.🛠️ Which does this job need: suggesting the next word as you type? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 3.🧮 Is a basic calculator an AI system? (a) yes, it can think (b) only at night (c) yes, it is smart (d) no, it follows rules
- 4.True or false: telling a cat photo from a dog photo only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 5.True or false: “same steps every time” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 6.True or false: counting the words in an essay needs AI that learns from examples. (a) False (b) True
- 7.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) follows fixed rules (b) learns from examples (c) improves with more data (d) gives a likely answer
- 8.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) same steps every time (b) uses rules people wrote (c) one set rule per case (d) gives a likely answer
- 9.🛠️ Which does this job need: counting the words in an essay? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 10.🛠️ Which does this job need: switching on a street light at 6 pm? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 11.True or false: converting metres into centimetres only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 12.🤖 Who builds and trains AI systems? (a) nobody at all (b) people (c) the Moon (d) the weather
- 13.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “gives a likely answer”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 14.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) uses rules people wrote (b) never learns from data (c) follows fixed rules (d) spots patterns in data
- 15.True or false: ringing the school bell at 9 am needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 16.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “spots patterns in data”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 17.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how a normal program works. (a) True (b) False
- 18.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) improves with more data (c) gives a likely answer (d) one set rule per case
- 19.True or false: showing the time on a clock only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 20.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “learns from examples”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 21.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “handles unseen examples”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 22.🤖 What does AI stand for? (a) automatic internet (b) artificial intelligence (c) actual information (d) app installer
- 23.🤖 Does an AI system think and feel like a person? (a) no, it finds patterns (b) yes, just like us (c) only on weekends (d) yes, it gets sad
- 24.True or false: finding 10% of a price needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 25.True or false: recognising a bird from its song only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) False (b) True
- 26.Which of these describes how AI works? (a) does exactly as coded (b) handles unseen examples (c) uses rules people wrote (d) follows fixed rules
- 27.True or false: reading messy handwriting only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 28.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “same steps every time”? (a) AI (b) a normal program
- 29.True or false: “follows fixed rules” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 30.True or false: “improves with more data” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 31.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) learns from examples (b) improves with more data (c) does exactly as coded (d) handles unseen examples
- 32.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos needs AI that learns from examples. (a) True (b) False
- 33.Which of these describes how a normal program works? (a) improves with more data (b) makes a best guess (c) gives a likely answer (d) never learns from data
- 34.🛠️ Which does this job need: reading messy handwriting? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
- 35.🛠️ Which does this job need: recognising a bird from its song? (a) a simple rule is enough (b) needs AI (learning)
- 36.True or false: “spots patterns in data” describes how AI works. (a) True (b) False
- 37.True or false: recognising a friend’s face in photos only needs a simple fixed rule. (a) True (b) False
- 38.True or false: “does exactly as coded” describes how a normal program works. (a) False (b) True
- 39.🤖 AI or a normal program: which one “does exactly as coded”? (a) a normal program (b) AI
- 40.🛠️ Which does this job need: sorting names in A to Z order? (a) needs AI (learning) (b) a simple rule is enough
Answer key
- True
- needs AI (learning)
- no, it follows rules
- False
- True
- False
- follows fixed rules
- gives a likely answer
- a simple rule is enough
- a simple rule is enough
- True
- people
- AI
- spots patterns in data
- False
- AI
- True
- one set rule per case
- True
- AI
- AI
- artificial intelligence
- no, it finds patterns
- False
- False
- handles unseen examples
- False
- a normal program
- False
- False
- does exactly as coded
- True
- never learns from data
- needs AI (learning)
- needs AI (learning)
- True
- False
- True
- a normal program
- a simple rule is enough
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